High Level Revenue and Capital Budget Monitoring Report 2012 ...

TRANSPORT & TECHNICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT1. Variance by Departmental DivisionRevisedBudgetQuarter 1VarianceQuarter2VarianceQuarter 1Departmental Division£000s £000s £000sBuilding & Property Management (496) 201 184Transport & Highways 13,114 (270) (251)Planning 2,500 156 324Environmental Health 3,509 (66) (100)Support Services 270 77 38Total 18,897 98 1962. . Variance Analysis of Significant ItemsDepartmentalDivisionBuilding &PropertyManagementTransport &HighwaysVariance£000s201(270)Planning 156EnvironmentalHealth(66)Explanation & Action PlansAn adverse variance of £344k due to Building Controlincome shortfalls due to continuing low activity levels andincreased market penetration by approved inspectors.Remedial plans to offset the shortfall include seekingfurther income on developments carried out without properbuilding controls and applications, improving marketingstrategy and implementing internal cost reduction.In addition the Council has decided to retainaccommodation previously earmarked for disposal for useby the new Tri-Borough services leading to an adversevariance of £233k. Savings which would have beendelivered as a result of the disposals are now notachievable in 2012/13. Discussions are underway to leasesome empty space in the Town Hall to the new GPCommissioners to generate additional income to helpmitigate the impact of some of these pressures.These overspends are balanced by favourable variancesin Facilities Management from underspends of (£180k) inthe Civic Cleaning contract, (£52k) in Mail and Logistics,and (£104k) in carbon allowances and £40k of other minorunderspends.The planned and general maintenance expenditure isbeing managed to produce an underspend to support thefinancial position of TTS as a whole.Following the acceleration of applications last year (to beatthe introduction of the Mayor’s CIL charge), the number ofMajor applications has reduced leading to lower incomethan budgeted.